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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_4" title="November 4">November 4</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Unity_and_Armed_Forces_Day" title="National Unity and Armed Forces Day">National Unity and Armed Forces Day</a></b> in Italy (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918" title="1918">1918</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1864" title="1864">1864</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Bedford_Forrest" title="Nathan Bedford Forrest">Nathan Bedford Forrest</a> led a cavalry division in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Johnsonville" title="Battle of Johnsonville">an attack</a></b> on a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Army" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> supply base at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Johnsonville,_Tennessee" title="New Johnsonville, Tennessee">Johnsonville, Tennessee</a>, resulting in the capture of 150 prisoners.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921" title="1921">1921</a> – The remains of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_the_Unknown_Soldier_(Italy)" title="Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Italy)">an unknown soldier</a></b> were buried with an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_flame" title="Eternal flame">eternal flame</a> at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Emmanuel_II_Monument" title="Victor Emmanuel II Monument">Altare della Patria</a></b> in Rome.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952" title="1952">1952</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Lovett" title="Robert A. Lovett">Robert A. Lovett</a>, United States Secretary of Defense, issued a memorandum establishing the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">National Security Agency</a></b>, with responsibility for all <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signals_intelligence" title="Signals intelligence">communications intelligence</a> for the government.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995" title="1995">1995</a> – Israeli prime minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitzhak_Rabin" title="Yitzhak Rabin">Yitzhak Rabin</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Yitzhak_Rabin" title="Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin">was assassinated</a></b> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yigal_Amir" title="Yigal Amir">Yigal Amir</a>, a right-wing extremist, at a peace rally at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabin_Square" title="Rabin Square">Kings of Israel Square</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Aviv" title="Tel Aviv">Tel Aviv</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010" title="2010">2010</a> – In the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_accidents_and_incidents" title="Aviation accidents and incidents">aviation incident</a> involving an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A380" title="Airbus A380">Airbus A380</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Flight_32" title="Qantas Flight 32">Qantas Flight 32</a></b> suffered an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbine_engine_failure" title="Turbine engine failure">uncontained engine failure</a> and made an emergency landing at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changi_Airport" title="Changi Airport">Changi Airport</a> in Singapore with no casualties.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Princess_Royal_and_Princess_of_Orange" title="Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange">Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1631); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Le_Maistre" title="Antoine Le Maistre">Antoine Le Maistre</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1658); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McConaughey" title="Matthew McConaughey">Matthew McConaughey</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1969); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_MacGill" title="Elsie MacGill">Elsie MacGill</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1980)</p>